Artist Showcase: Amir Zanjani
Exhibitions, Italy, Siena, 20 November 2012
This small exhibition features the artwork of Amir Zanjani who has participated in the the Siena Art Institute semester program since August 2012, as a scholarship recipiant through the Celeste Pri...Read all
Inside Reflections / Outside Perspectives
Exhibitions, Italy, Siena, 10 May 2014
The splendor of Siena on display: Saturday May 10 from 4:30 to 7:30, students from the Siena Art Institute and the Siena School for Liberal Arts, inspired by their surroundings, have curated a show ca...Read all
stARTers: assaggi d'arte
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 04 February 2014
"STARTERS - ASSAGGI D'ARTE" AT THE SIENA ART INSTITUTE AND IN THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
Tuesday 4 February at 6 pm you are invited to the Siena Art Institute for the first appointment of our spring...Read all
End-of-Semester Exhibition
Exhibitions, Italy, Siena, 07 December 2013
The Siena Art Institute is happy to invite you to the End-of-Semester Exhibition, with works of painting, creative writing, drawing, installation, video, photography, and mixed media created by our st...Read all
StARTers – Assaggi d'arte: presentation with visual artist Bruna Esposito
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 26 November 2013
Italian artist Bruna Esposito will discuss his work in a talk that is part of the weekly series “StARTers – Assaggi d'arte”.
Bruna Esposito was born in 1960 in Rome, where she currently lives and w...Read all
Above/ Below Ground: The Expedition Symposium
News, Italy, Siena, 08 November 2013
The Siena Art Institute welcomes you to the "Expedition Symposium" Nov 8-10, held in and around Siena, Italy.
The Symposium will begin on the evening of Friday November 8th at the Siena Art Institu...Read all
!["StARTers": presentation with musician Marco Robino](https://www.celesteprize.com/indi/_pics/8/4/Marco-Robino---foto-di-Antony-Gerald-Stringer-flier_6845_10424_t.jpg?m=1382348299 ""StARTers": presentation with musician Marco Robino")
"StARTers": presentation with musician Marco Robino
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 22 October 2013
Marco Robino is a composer, cellist and the founder of the Architorti Quintet. He was educated in Torino under Maestro Adriano Vendramelli. At his “StARTers” talk he will discuss his collaborative wor...Read all
StARTers – Assaggi d'arte: presentation with visual artist Jacopo Benci
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 15 October 2013
An artist is someone who can (re)invent things and get masterful results through unwavering commitment and wide-ranging curiosity, and a constant dialogue with the works and ideas of other artists, wr...Read all
“StARTers – Assaggi d'arte”: presentation with Francesco Oliveto
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 08 October 2013
Francesco Oliveto's presentation at the Siena Art Institute (via Tommaso Pendola, 37, Siena) will focus on the new aesthetics of computer science combined with music and its implications for composing...Read all
!["StARTers - Assaggi d'arte": conversation with artist Giovanni Ozzola](https://www.celesteprize.com/indi/_pics/7/0/Giovanni-Ozzola-Routes-and-Stars-exhibition-Galleria-Continua_37038_10424_t.jpg?m=1380365417 ""StARTers - Assaggi d'arte": conversation with artist Giovanni Ozzola")
"StARTers - Assaggi d'arte": conversation with artist Giovanni Ozzola
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 01 October 2013
Italian artist Giovanni Ozzola will discuss his work in a talk that is part of the weekly series “StARTers – Assaggi d'arte”. Born in Florence in 1982, he now lives and works between Prato and Bordeau...Read all
Mark Dion and Amy Yoes introducing “Above / Below Ground”
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 24 September 2013
American artists Mark Dion and Amy Yoes will discuss their work in progress, “Above / Below Ground", a project for the Siena Art Institute's fall semester. This lecture is part of the fall series of...Read all
stARTers with Michael Hoepfner
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 17 September 2013
Michael Höpfner is an Austrian visual artist, visiting artist at the Siena Art Institute for the Fall semester. He studied painting and graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and Fine Art Phot...Read all
BODY BIRD: presentation by Isreali artist Avital Cnaani
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 23 July 2013
Tuesday, July 23 9:00 pm
Synagogue of Siena (vicolo delle Scotte, 14)
starting at 8:00 pm guided tours of the synagogue in Italian and English
FREE ENTRANCE
Tuesday, July 23, starting at 8:00 pm,...Read all
Open Studio at the Siena Art Institute
Exhibitions, Italy, Siena, 27 June 2013
The public is invited into the Siena Art Institute's studios to view works-in-progress by students visiting for the month of June for our Portfolio Development Course. Also on view are Open Studios of...Read all
StARTers with Jarrod Beck
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 18 June 2013
Summer resident artist at the Siena Art Institute for the month of June, American visual artist Jarrod Beck lives in Brooklyn, NY. He is currently working on a series of projects that connect us to th...Read all
StARTers with Ellen Driscoll
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 11 June 2013
American artist Ellen Driscoll's work encompasses sculpture, drawing, and public art installation. Recent large scale installations include “Distant Mirrors” for the Providence River, “FastForwardFoss...Read all
StARTers with Julie Evans
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 04 June 2013
Visiting artist at the Siena Art Institute for the month of June, Julie Evans is a visual artist from New York City, who has exhibited her paintings and drawings extensively in both the US and abroad....Read all
End-of-Semester Exhibition
Exhibitions, Italy, Siena, 10 May 2013
The Siena Art Institute is pleased to invite you to the exhibition of student work in painting, creative writing, drawing, installation, book arts, video, photography, and mixed media. Come see what o...Read all
StARTers with Sheila Pepe
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 07 May 2013
Visiting artist at the Siena Art Institute for the month of May, Sheila Pepe is an American artist and educator living and working in Brooklyn, NY. Born in Morristown, NJ, in 1959, she is a prominent...Read all
StARTers with Cesare Pietroiusti
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 30 April 2013
Social Games and Paradoxical Forms of Exchange
Since 1977, Cesare Pietroiusti has exhibited in private and public spaces, institutional and otherwise, in Italy and abroad.
In the last few years...Read all
StARTers with Laura Fanti
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 23 April 2013
Environmental Art: Questions of Definition and Connections with Architecture
In the last ten years, art and architecture have often come together, to the point where in many works it is difficult...Read all
StARTers with Guido Burchi
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 16 April 2013
A tribute to Giuseppe Verdi two hundred years after his birth. That is the focus of musicologist Guido Burchi, protagonist of a new "StARTers" discussion.
After the tribute to Wagner last February, B...Read all
StARTers with Emanuela Baldi
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 09 April 2013
Love Difference is a not for profit association established in June 2002 founded by the artist Michelangelo Pistoletto together with international institutions, cultural centres, researchers, curators...Read all
StARTers with Nicoletta Braga
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 26 March 2013
“Art as a collective process - personal experiences and sharing possibilities”
Artist and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brera, Nicoletta Braga will illustrate to the "StARTers" public he...Read all
StARTers with Paolo Rosa, Studio Azzurro
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 19 March 2013
Paolo Rosa is co-founder of the Milan based artists collective Studio Azzurro. In this context he works as film and stage director, with keen interest in emerging technologies. Since 1995 he’s devoted...Read all
![Exhibition: "Spaces of Transition"](https://www.celesteprize.com/indi/_pics/9/2/combined-logos-meetlife-and-sart_29227_10424_t.jpg?m=1363259370 "Exhibition: "Spaces of Transition"")
Exhibition: "Spaces of Transition"
Exhibitions, Italy, Siena, 13 March 2013
"Spaces of Transition".
Wednesday March 13-Tuesday March 19 2013, MeetLife Café, via Pantaneto 90, Siena
The artworks for this project were created by the students of the Siena Art Institute...Read all
StARTers with Indrapramit Roy
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 12 March 2013
Visiting artist at the Siena Art Institute for the month of March, Indian painter Indrapramit Roy will discuss his work with the StARTers audience, going through the last 20 years of his career and th...Read all
StARTers with Madeinfilandia, introduced by Pietro Gaglianò
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 05 March 2013
Madeinfilandia is a micro-residency art project that takes place at Filanda di Pieve in Presciano (AR), an example of industrial archeology from the XIX century. Among its founders are Luca Pancrazzi,...Read all
StARTers with Sharon Friedler
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 26 February 2013
Choreographer, dancer, professor of Performing Arts and Director of the Dance Program at Swarthmore College (Pennsylvania), Sharon Friedler will discuss her work, that utilizes arts and dance as a veh...Read all
StARTers with Guido Burchi
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 18 February 2013
Two hundred years after his birth, a tribute to Wagner and to his reformation of the opera. This is the topic of the third StARTers presentation of the spring series at the Siena Art Institute.
The p...Read all
StARTers with Martha Collins
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 12 February 2013
Visiting artist at the Siena Art Institute for the month of February, American poet Martha Collins will discuss her work, focusing partly on her two most recent books, and partly on work-in-progress....Read all
Exhibit/Test Lesson of the City Arts WORKSHOPS
Exhibitions, Italy, Siena, 08 February 2013
The workshops are starting up again at the Siena Art Institute:
Photography with Stefano Vigni,
Ceramics with Silvia Ghelardini,
Creative Writing with Jeff Shapiro,
Painting with Melissa Morris,...Read all
Students' Final Exibition
Exhibitions, Italy, Siena, 07 December 2012
The Siena Art Institute is pleased to invite you to the exhibition of student work in painting, creative writing, drawing, installation, book arts, video, photography, and mixed media, opening Friday,...Read all
StARTers with Stefano Vigni
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 04 December 2012
A journey through images on the Italian streets, from the ancient Roman roads (la via Casssia, l'Aurelia, l'Appia and la Flaminia) to the highways of the most recent developments like the Salerno-Regg...Read all
![Film Screening of "Stateless" + meeting](https://www.celesteprize.com/indi/_pics/2/7/LOCANDINA-stateless_32773_10424_t.jpg?m=1353943294 "Film Screening of "Stateless" + meeting")
Film Screening of "Stateless" + meeting
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 30 November 2012
9:00 PM at the Siena Art Institute, Via Tommaso Pendola 37
"STATELESS - Shousha refugee camp"
a documentary by Mauro Mondello and Nunzio Gringeri (Italy 2012, 33 minutes)
"In nome del popolo it...Read all
Open Studio with resident artists Ian Monroe and Isha Bølling
Exhibitions, Italy, Siena, 29 November 2012
Open Studio at the Siena Art Institute with resident artists Ian Monroe and Isha Bøhling, Thursday Nov 29th 7:30 to 8:30 pm. The artists will present the projects that they have created during thei...Read all
StARTers with Guio Burchi
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 27 November 2012
A tribute to the German composer Christoph Willibald Gluck and his reformation of the opera in the second half of the eighteenth century: this is the focus of the StARTers presentation on Tuesday, Nov...Read all
StARTers with Margherita Morgantin
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 20 November 2012
Join us Tuesday for an artist's talk with Margherita Morgantin, part of our weekly series of artists talks, "StARTers: assaggi d'arte."
Born in Venice in 1971, Margherita Morgantin graduated in A...Read all
!["L'eclisse" Film Screening](https://www.celesteprize.com/indi/_pics/4/1/68263-553363294680673-455471913-n_14187_10424_t.jpg?m=1352716980 ""L'eclisse" Film Screening")
"L'eclisse" Film Screening
Exhibitions, Italy, Siena, 14 November 2012
Wednesday, November 14 at 8 PM the Siena Art Institute will be screening Michelangelo Antonioni's film "L'eclisse," part of the project of James Voorhies and the Bureau for Open Culture called "L'ecli...Read all
stARTers with Isha Bøhling
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 13 November 2012
Visiting artist at the Siena Art Institute for the month of November, Isha Bøhling is a London based artist, working in painting, sculpture, sound and curating. During her StARTers talk, she will be p...Read all
StARTers with Guido Burchi
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 23 October 2012
A trip back in time to discover the origins of one of the most characteristic genres of the history of Italian music, the melodrama. Leading the “StARTers” audience in this course will be the music...Read all
stARTers with James Voorhies
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 16 October 2012
JAMES VOORHIES Curator, art historian, educator
TUESDAY, 16 OCTOBER 6 PM
Artist’s Talk, Presentation in English
James Voorhies is an American curator, art historian and educator who holds a...Read all
stARTers with Michele Bazzana
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 09 October 2012
Italian artist Michele Bazzana will discuss his work in a talk that is part of the weekly series “StARTers – Assaggi d'arte”. Presentation in Italian.
Bazzana was born in S. Vito al Tagliamento (Po...Read all
stARTers with Rebecca Dyer Szabo
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 02 October 2012
Artist's talk with photographer Rebecca Dyer Szabo, part of our weekly series, stARTers: assaggi d'arte. Presentation in English.
Rebecca Dyer Szabo was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She learned...Read all
StARTers with SATOKO MOTOUJI
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 25 September 2012
Satoko Motouji was born and raised in Kyoto, Japan. After getting a degree in English Literature, she moved to the United States, where she majored in History of Art at the University of Oregon and th...Read all
stARTers with Jo Shapcott
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 04 September 2012
Visiting artist at the Siena Art Institute until September 15th, poet Jo Shapcott will share her work with the StARTers audience during the opening conversation of our fall lecture series. Born in Lon...Read all
stARTers with Stefan Schwabe
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 17 July 2012
Join us for a talk with Stefan Schwabe, part of our weekly series of artists talks stARTers: assaggi d'arte.
Stefan Schwabe is a German visual artist whose artwork takes the form of interaction-co...Read all
Open Studios: Work in Progress of students and visiting artists
Exhibitions, Italy, Siena, 29 June 2012
The public is invited into the Siena Art Institute's studios to view works-in-progress by students visiting for the month of June from CEPT university in Gujarat, India and our two artists-in-residenc...Read all
stARTers: Laurie Fendrich and Peter Plagens: Discussing Each Others' Work
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 26 June 2012
Laurie Fendrich and Peter Plagens: Discussing Each Others' Work
American painter, Laurie Fendrich, visiting artist at the Siena Art Institute for the month of June, is accompanied by her husband,...Read all
stARTers: Artist's Talk with Jenny Snider
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 19 June 2012
Jenny Snider, from the American Academy of Rome, at stARTers: assaggi d'arte. In her talk entitled “Il mio viaggio in Italia: a montage of attractions” she will focus on the work she has done during h...Read all
!["Travel Notes" with Nello Frontera, for stARTers: assaggi d'arte](https://www.celesteprize.com/indi/_pics/7/6/Picture-5_3761_10424_t.jpg?m=1322317703 ""Travel Notes" with Nello Frontera, for stARTers: assaggi d'arte")
"Travel Notes" with Nello Frontera, for stARTers: assaggi d'arte
Lectures, Italy, Siena, 29 November 2011
Tuesday, November 29 "Travel Notes", the penultimate round of talks with top international talent of the Art Institute Siena (18 hours, Via Tommaso Pendola, 37, admission free)
Fire and graphite, t...Read all
